Given name
Lehua
Lehua is a feminine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lehua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 0 boys · 319 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,549 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,549 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 377 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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